Directv dropping channels can i cancel

Oh… and I think it helped me that I told the rep we were cutting costs because we learned we are having another baby. Glad to hear you were able to get out from under that monthly bill and congrats on the new little one! John, thank you for the information. I currently have cable, internet and phone through Time Warner Cable. I have been wanting to cut the cord for a long time.

I love love love my DVR. So, that I will need. Not a problem at all Diane, happy to help! You should be to get some of those cable channels via the Fire Stick though not certain on all of them. Thank you John for all the great information! You have answered all of my questions and I feel confident to order the stick, antenna and later the recording machine. I cut the cable long ago. It is great. My only bill is a stand alone DSL.

The second time I had to disconnect DishNetwork I found a way to get it taken care of almost immediately. A transcript of the call:. Me: First I need to inform you that this call is being recorded and I reserve the right to release copies of the recording or its transcript to any third party at my discretion.

My name is Arthur Davis. Me: Please discontinue my service. I decline any further offers for continued service that DishNetwork may make at this time and I do not authorize DishNetwork representatives to make sales calls to this phone number in the future. Would you like to tell me why you are going? Me: No. Please discontinue my service. DishNetwork has twice refused to discontinue service at my request in violation of the terms the contract and applicable federal trade laws.

Please disconnect my service immediately. Sounds like you have it down pat Arthur. Could not agree more with your sentiment, it drives me nuts to get out of contracts like this so I do all I can to avoid them now. What do you use for Internet? We want to cancel our cable plan but Internet is included in the bundle. Any suggestions as to how to cancel cable but still get internet? Thank you in advance. Good question Kendra. We have our high speed Internet through Cox. We pay a bit higher for our Internet since we work from home and need something a little faster.

If you have more than one Internet service provider in your area that might be a possibility as well — you might be able to play them off each other for a lower rate. Had Dish for 9 years but got tired of them raising prices and taking away channels. I called on a weekend to see if they would cut me any deals to continue with them and was told to call back on Monday.

I canceled. I find it extremely frustrating to pay full price while they offer cut rate deals to new customers. How about taking care of your old customers? I completely agree Barbara. We have two and they work great. You might also want to look at the Fire Stick from Amazon. We have two of those as well and we get a lot of our content that way.

Thank you for the info. Sling has a deal to get a free Roku2 or pay half price for the Roku3, so now is a good time to get Sling if leaning in that direction,. Happy to help Barbara. I had internet with ATT and yahoo really screwed my computer up. When we had their phone service new increases to our bill would happen, would call them and they would cancel the item THEY installed.

As you can see I have no love for ATT. Been a direct tv customer for over 20 years no longer in a contract. Would love to cut the cord! We live in the suburbs and there is no cable available. In addition our internet through century link is incredibly slow with no improvements in sight regarding speed.

We have trouble when more than two people are on the internet let alone trying to stream a movie. Short of relocating does anyone else have suggestions? How much is your monthly bill with DirecTV? I added playstation vue for 25 bucks and sling with 2 add ons 35 bucks a month, so maybe I saved 50 after the switch but the best part is below.

Netflix 2. I must have an eye for that, cuz I can really tell the diff. Any streaming platform worth their salt is going to broadcast what they can in HD. I forgot to mention siriusxm also on the plex boxes, I cant tell you how much better this setup is. In short… Direct TV is the worse company to do business with. My divorce with Direct TV has allowed peace back in my life and I will never look back.

Not sure if this helps anyone else but thank you for listening to my problems…lol. We have been with DirectTV for a few years and are no longer under contract.

We are in the process of cutting the cord! We have also ordered an HD antenna which we should receive next week so we can pick up the local channels. My question is, does Direct TV cancel the day you call to cancel or when the receive the equipment back? Thanks for your input! Great question. They cancel it the day you call — I believe it took a few hours for it to activate and cut out. Hello all. My wife and I have been wanting to cut the cord for some time now, having been DirectTv customers since We tried the Playstation Vue free trial and loved it, and decided to go with that as it has a few local channels and all the local sports as well a big selling point for me.

I called this past Saturday to cut the cord with DirectTV, and was dreading dealing with their retention tactics. While I was on hold for over 40 minutes, my wife came up with a great idea to avoid listening to their sales pitch to keep us.

I decided, why not, and explained to the rep that my job was sending me overseas for the next year DirectTV is not available overseas except for some parts of Latin America, per my google search. Let me process your account closing right away. Whole process took about 50 minutes including the 40 minute hold time. Wanted to share this tip with everyone so their cutting the cord will go just as smoothly!

They tack it on to the final bill. What about people like me that live in the boonies? Do you have any suggestions for us?

I lowered the package and still pay this much. Sorry to hear that Deanne. Without having faster Internet that cuts off a lot. My suggestion would be to cut the bill altogether, especially knowing you have credit card debt to pay off. I did and my box is dead. Customer service hold time is 1 hour and waiting. This dept is mainly a sales dept so even if you are looking to lower your bill, they will try to sell you a premium channel or upgrade your equipment.

They make bonus money on the sales. The words contract and disconnect are usually the magic words that get you over to the department above them.

They could get into trouble if their call is monitored and the supervisor decides they transferred for no reason. Bill too high? Equipment not working correctly? Need a service call? Looking for a free movie channel?

We usually have at least one free movie channel to offer and these offers usually shut themselves off at the end of the promo. This is pretty much how it works with any cable company. If this is you, and you want help with your DTV bill, call us and talk to us. Those of you who do have internet access and want to cut the cord, ATT is launching a streaming only service called DTV NOW, which is supposed to be launching any day now. A comment from a DirecTV rep…glad to see this article is performing well in search.

Hi, this is helpful. I have 23 months or so left in my contract. My On Demand service rarely works because of the nationwide issue with the boxes dropping the internet connection. They say the engineering department will call. Directtv is all about bottom line profitability. They are the telecommunication equivalent to Wells Fargo in Finance. As described, to be treated in such a manner goes to why consumers need to find another medium.

They are trying to change their image. Not that I support, or a customer, of either. Directtv could care less. Our only voice to let them know are these consumer reviews, cancelling, finding other mediums. Good for everyone here. We had directv since , I had always been able to get relatively decent discounts throughout that time. The last several months of having directv got to be extremely difficult. I do plan on checking this out as rumor has it if you sign up for a year you get an apple TV 4 for free.

Just cancelled DTV. Surprisingly easy. Did get the same information that a box would be sent out within 7 days.

All the TV I could ever want. Put that towards something much more fulfilling. Feels good. Cancelation was so easy! I was dreading the hour-long retention techniques based on what I had read. There is no hook then for them to offer this discount and promise that service and offer these additional free channels.

My contract has been expired for years, and the call took 9 minutes total. My Direct TV will be cut off tonight at midnight! I cancelled my directv yesterday costly nightmare, btw which included their protection plan on all my devices.

My tv went out today! Do these protection plans last for any length of time after cancelling your cable ie: valid til the end of the month, 30 days after cancellation, etc or does the policy coverage end immediately. Oh, sorry to hear that. I just cancelled my DirecTV service. It was a snap. My month contract was up at the same time Spectrum took over Time Warner where we have our phone and internet already so I just explained to the DirecTV rep the deal Spectrum was offering.

I just did the same, moved away from DirectTV to Spectrum. I got Direct tv in June Signed a 2 year contract. Today service out again I am 83 years young and after calling customer service I was told my options, clean snow off dish,wait til it melts or buy a heater.

They sent a Service rep I have no options about moving dish so I could clean it off. Service rep said he would write detailed message and thought I could cancel without paying cancellation fee Sorry to hear about the hassle Pat.

Thanks for all the great information. We are in the investigative stage of considering cancelling DirectTV. We have an new smart TV. Are additional devices like the Amazon Fire Stick of Roku needed? There are several pre-loaded apps like Hulu, SlingTV and Netlfix which we currently subscribe to and watch frequently.

Not a problem at all Sandy, more than happy to help. A high-bandwidth modem, router, a high-speed Roku box, my PC, LAN and WiFi skills and my wife sealing the deal with her research on the PlayStation Vue channels was what convinced us to take the plunge!

The goal of communications, entertainment and commerce in our household being driven by IP Addresses and not satellite dishes has finally been achieved! Your an idiot. Their are both wireless and non-wireless boxes. Is it supposed to run on solar, batteries??? Should DirecTV pay for your electric bill?? DirecTV, and no other provider for that matter, put up those messages about losing channels.

They actually charge your television provider AND advertisers, maybe you should blame those greedy bastards. I think before you start throwing stones at people and insulting their intelligence, you might want to freshen up on basic grammar and spelling.

I found some great info in here, thank you! I cancelled DirectTV yesterday told them I was moving , after about a 15 minute conversation of me repeating myself, I thought it was over. They are all crooks satellite and cable but at least with the cable company they kept their price the same during the two years and THEN started raising it!

These guys are horrible and I wish I had done this research years ago. Ok so I just blocked the TWO different numbers they are using to call me — — hopefully it will stop soon.

Yep, we had the same issues Laura. Love this site!! There is a lot of great information here so thank you for that. We unbundled with CenturyLink and got Time Warner internet. We have the Amazon Fire Sticks and the little indoor antennas which we mainly wanted to use if we lost power. At this point I am ready to cut the cord myself. My main concern was my husbands sports which he is a huge, huge fan.

But he seems content getting his sports anyway he can… be it thru the fire stick or antenna…. So, its seems stupid to stay with them on our part when there are other cheaper options.

It will be interesting to see how DTV handles me about cancelling with them and what the amount will be. I think we have a little less than a year with them left. The information on this site has help clear some of that up for me.

Thanks for the kind words Linda, I appreciate it. Glad to hear about the savings John, but I encourage you to stay on top of the bill. They like to add in fees and will do all they can to keep you under contract. It is easy to live without xfinity or directv since so much content is available on the internet.

But living without the internet is really the hard problem for a frugal person. I was fortunate to be able to get dsl where I live and it is very affordable. To me, living without these services is generally a short-term sacrifice you want to do for a year or two to meet some financial goals. I would rather sacrifice other things like eating out, or a nicer car than living without any forms of broadcast entertainment. What would our options be if we canceled DirecTV? Thanks for your input.

Not sure where to start. Been excellent directv customer since , never paid bill late. Currently going thru fourth day of no local CBS cos directv is having a catfight with Hearst tv. I have premium and pay I watch tv a lot. Two guys came, neither had ID or badge, just t shirt and van saying directv, neither provided name or ID. I was here alone. I got no receipt, no follow-up call or email, no indication that these guys were for real reps of directv.

I tried to call but was left on hold so long I hung up. Thanks for any guidance. You have a few options to cut the cord and save a big chunk of money. Here are my reviews for each:. My kids watch Netflix more than the satellite, not to mention their huge DVD collection. Our kids are the same way — Netflix is more than enough for them. I agree, the bundling can get expensive. I appreciate the information. My DirectTv bill keeps creeping up.

I only need the internet. I will recoup that in 2 months. I already have Netflix, Firestick and Amazon Prime. I like my sports but I will use Sling when needed. I am tired of the fluctuating bills with these companies. We were in the same boat and were more than happy to pay the fee to get out of the contract. I hated those bills too, no sense in paying them any longer.

My parents have dish, but dish has a problem of not making agreements with CBS and result is no CBS for up to 6 months at a time. Sorry to hear that, but it sounds like your creativity has given you some sort of workaround.

I am trying to cut out Dish Network from our monthly expenses. Cancel Century Link Service. Cancel Google Fiber Service. Cancel WOW! Cancel Allo Communication Service. Cancel Suddenlink Service. You cannot cancel your service online or via email. Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more news, tips, and reviews. Need cord cutting tech support? Sling TV. PS Vue. YouTube TV. You pay at the start of each month. And, you can cancel or restart as you choose. Some people only keep DirecTV to watch local channels.

Instead, try installing an HD antenna. Depending on how far you live from the network towers, you can install one of these types of antennas:. To pick the right antenna, plug your street address into Antenna Web. You can see which channels you receive with an indoor and outdoor antenna. You can see the signal strength, too.

Even if you plan on using one of the below DirecTV alternatives, you still may want an antenna. You can watch more than 10, TV episodes and movies on demand, too. Keep in mind that live TV still has regular commercial breaks. One downside for sports fans is that you can only watch local broadcasts. So, whatever game is currently broadcasting on your local CBS station is your only streaming option.

In addition, Sling offers add-on channel packages. You can add premium movie channels like HBO or Showtime, too. One of the best extras is the 4-Extras Deal. Read our Sling TV review to learn more about its channel lineups. Hulu has a unique streaming advantage. The major TV networks own a partial stake in Hulu. So, they provide a wide selection of on-demand TV shows and movies from local and cable networks.

This is the original Hulu model. If you only want to stream something on-demand, stick with basic Hulu. For most shows, you can watch the replay the next day. Just keep in mind that with this option, you can only stream on one device at a time. Also, Hulu with Live TV supports streaming on two screens.